Judaism By: Maddie
- Founder
- Hebrew leader, Abraham founded Judaism around 2000 B.C. Moses gave Jews the Torah in 1250 B.C., so he was another important figure.
- Religious Leaders
- Spiritual leaders are called Rabbis.
- Place of Worship
- Jews worship in synagogues where the Torah scrolls are kept. In a synagogue there are platforms where readers read from and a large "Star of David" symbol. In synagogues people worship, study, and discuss problems.
- Originated From?
- Judaim originated from Israel around 4000 years ago. Main Beliefs-They believe in monotheism which is belief in a single God. Don't write out G-O-D have to write G-D to not to sin.
- God
- They call God, Allah. They also believe in monotheism which is belief in a single God.
- Torah
- The Torah has their sacred writings. It has the first five books of the Hebrew Bible that were revealed to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.
- The First Five Books-
- Genesis
- Deuteronomy
- Numbers
- Leviticus
- Exodus (stored inside Ark)
- Religious Practices-
- Men and Women are separate during worship.
- Men have to cover their head.
- Worship is in Hebrew language
- Religious Festivals
- 7th day of the week they celebrate Sabbath
- can't do any work from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown
- 7th day of the week they celebrate Sabbath
- Hanukkah
- eight days
- everyday they light one candle on the menorah
- eight days
- Main Symbols
- Star of David
- main symbol of Judaism
- Menorah
- seven braced candle holder used during Hannukka
- Yarmulke
- men cover their during prayer
- Star of David
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| Menorah |
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| Star of David |
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| Torah |